counterquestion

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ question.

Noun

counterquestion (plural counterquestions)

1. A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
   • 2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?

Translations

question that serves as a reply

• Dutch: wedervraag (nl) c
• Finnish: vastakysymys
• French: contre-question (fr) f
• German: Gegenfrage (de) f
• Serbo-Croatian: protupitanje
• Swedish: motfråga (sv) c